Another article in my Gettysburg series. In think one of the most tragic aspects of war, especially a civil war. Peace, Padre Steve+
“Armistead at Gettysburg” by Keith Rocco
The bonds of friendship forged by soldiers are some of deepest and long lasting that are formed anywhere. Those bonds are formed by military professionals in the small rather closed society that is the regular United States military over years of deployments, isolated duty, combat and a culture that is often quite different than that of civilian society.
When the people of a nation goes to war against each other the military is often the last to split and when it does men that were friends and comrades turn their weapons against each other and seldom with pleasure. Mass levies of civilian volunteers motivated by ideological, sectional or religious hatred tend to take up such causes with great aplomb. But those that serve together, even those that may believe in their cause are often torn between oaths that they swore to defend their country…
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I can’t get my Facebook to work, and I lost your Email, so I have to say this here. Our dog Sam died about 90 minutes ago, due to a sudden heart attack. I had hoped to be back enjoying your stuff in the next couple days, but you’ll forgive me if I extend my enforced silence a few days.
Hope all is well with you. Hope to see you soon, my friend.
John, So sorry to hear about the loss of your baby. Every time I have lost a dog it has torn me up really bad. Prayers and blessings my friend.
Peace
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